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YOLUME 1.
A. Or. BOYD, PUBLISHER
REBEL POETRY.
The following stanzas were found on the person
of a rebel sergeant of the "Stonewall Brigade,"
Recently captured by our troops near Winchester,
Va r
Come, Ptnck nrra*, men! Pile on the rails-
Stir op the camp fire bright,
So matter if the canteen fails,
We'll make a roaring night 1
Here Shenandoah brawls along,
There burly Blue Ridge echoes strong,
To swell the brigade's rousing song,
Of ''Stonewall Jackson's way." I
Wc sec him now—the old slouched hat,
Cocked o'er his eye askew—
The shrewd dry smite—the speech so pat,
So calm, so blunt so true.
The "Blue Light Elder," knows 'em welj ;
. Says lie, "that's Banks—he's fond of shell,
Lord save his soul I —we'll give him"—well,
That's "Stonewall Jackson's way."
Silence 1 ground arms 1 kneel all I caps off I
Old Blue Light's going to prav.
Strangle the fool that dares to scoff!
Attention it's his way t
Appealing from his native sod,
In forma pauperit to God—
"Lay bare thine arm, stretch forth thy rod,"
"Aincni" That's "Stonewall's way."
lie's in the saddle now I Fait in !
Steady ! the whole brigade I
Hill's at the ford, cut off; we'll win,
His way out, ball and blade.
What matter if our siloes arc worn ?
What matter if our feet arc torn,
"Quick step with him before dawn I"
That s "Stonewall Jacksou ...
The sun's bright lances rout the mists,
Of morning—and by George 1
Here's Longstrcct, struggling in the lists,
Hemmed in an ugly gorge.
Pope and his Yankees, whipped before,
"Bay'ncts and grape 1" hear Stonewall roar,
"Charge Stewart 1 pay off Ashby's score,"
Is "Stonewall Jackson's way.
Ah 1 maiden wait, and watch, and yearn.
For news of Stonewall's band I
Ah I widow, read with eyes that burn,
That ring upon thy hand I
Ah wife, sew on, pray on, hope on 1
Tby life shall not be all forlorn t
• c-. 1 1 wn'pr been borne.
That gets in "Stonewall sway."
POETICAL PATCHWORK.
QUILTED BY BIEASOEB.
'Twas midnight, in his guarded tent,
He was a wight of high renown,
In splendid robes profusely drcst j
His breeches cost him but a crown.
Old Q l imes is dead, that good old soul,
Tliou should'st not tlius repine ; '
They laid him in his narrow bed,
At Bingcn on the Rhine.
Hear ye those loud contending waves,
deep the pearly caverns among 1
Far, far away in Illinois, v
Where burning Sappho lov'd And snug ?
'Twa3 many and many a year ago,
The cold round moon shone brightly down;
All bloodless lay tb' untrodden enow,
When Old Dan Tucker came to town.
One eve'ning as I wandered forth,
On broad Lake Huron's pebbly shore ;
I spied a maiden past her prime,
Rich and rare were the gems she wore.
'Twas midnight on the mountains brown,
Along the banks of Ayr •,
When through an Alpine village pas3'd,
The boy with the auburn hair.
Saw ye the mighty from their graves?
where is the Pyrrhic Phalanx .gone?
0, terribly proud was Miss Mac Bride I
Were the last words of Marmion.
The Sun's eye had a sickly glare,
On old long Islaud's sea-girt shore ;
When black eyed Susan came on board,
And a bright gold ring on her wand she
[bore.]
It was an ancient fisherman,
That name is quite forgot—
He led her to the altar,
The Lady of Shalot.
Earl March look'd on his dying child,
His ruddy cheek grow wan ;
Why should the spirit of mortal beprond,
Or any other man.
Mary Maloney's Idea of a Lover.
—6—
'What are you singing for?' said I to Mary 1
Maloncy.
'Oh, I don't know ma'am, without its be- !
cause my heart feels happy.'
'Happy are you, Mary Maloncy? Let mc ;
see, you don't own a foot of land in the
world.'
'Foot of land, is it? she cried, with a hearty
Irish laugh. 'Oh, what a hand yc bo after jo- j
king! why, I haven't a penny, let alone the
land.'
'Your mother is dead.'
'God rest her soul; yes,' replied MSry Malo
ncy with a touch of the genuine pathos.—
•May the angels mako her bed in heaven.'
'Your brother is still a he.ird case, I suppose.
'Ah, you may well say that, It is nothing
hut drink, drink, and beating his poor wifo,
- that she is a poor creature.'
'You have to pay your sister's hoard.'
'Sure, the bit creature, and she is a good lit
tle girl, is Hinney, willing to do whatever I
axes her; I don't grudge tho monoy that goes
for that.'
. 'You haven't many fashionable dressoe, ei
ther, Mary Malone?'
'Fashionable, is it? Oh, I put a piece of
whalebone-iu my skirt, and the calico gown
looks as big a# the great ladies. But thon yc
ssy tree, I haven't but two gowns to mo back,
two shoes to ma feet, and one bonnet to me
bead, baring the old hood ye gave me.'
'You haven't any lover Mary Maloncy?*
"COMMON CONSENT IS THE ONLY LEGITIMA'SE BASIS OF GOVEBNMENT."
'Oh be off wid ye!—ketch Mary Malone get
i tln ß a lover theso days when the hard times
' is comc - N o, thank heaven, I ain's got thai
, to trouble me yet. Nor I don't want it.'
What on earth, then, have you got to
make you happy? A drunken brother, a poor
helpless sister, no mother, no father, no lover
—why, where do you get all your happiness
from?
'The Lord be praised, miss, it growed up in
me. Give mo a bit of sunshine, a clean flure
nnd I'm mattr. -That makes me T&Ugh and
sing. And then if deep troubles come, why
God hclpin' me, I'll try to keep my heart up.'
Sure it would be a sad thing if Patrick Wc-
I Guirc should take it into his head to ax mo,
but the Lord willin' I'd try'to bear up under
! it: ' ■ |
The last speech upset my gravity. The |
idea of looking upon a lover as an affliction j
tras so droll. But .she was evidently sincere, I
having the example of her sisters husband and
her drunken brother.
Change ofliubtt* the cause of Death.
A man may change his mode of life as long
as he is on the youthful side of middle life;
the meridian line once passed, all such radical
changes is attended with the peril of death
Have you never noticed in cf
in nosological cohmis of newspapers, how of
follows wifo or wife husbands,
parture, when they havclong'AtpLlfe". I
The age-worn constitution is unable to; react
against the bereavement and to adapt itself to
tho new circumstances in which it was placed.
The usual form in which death invades the body
of these aged persons demonstrates this truth;
for they die of appoplexy or of parolysis of the
brain. Tho mind shrinking instinctively from
death, exerts all its powers of recovery to ral
ly after the blow is received, the exertion is too
much for it, 'tis shattered by the very attempt.
There used to bo an old diplomatist, in paris
Count do Lowenhelm, from Sweden—who
K nigh flfV a
preserved old man, un habitual frequenter of
the grand opera and French comedy, going
constantly in society, and never absent from a
single court ball. The Crimean war gave unu
sual importance to the diplomatic relations of
the two courts, and it became necessary to ap
point a more active man to the Swecdish lega
tion The old minister seemed to grow older ev
ery hour after tho newspapers recorded the
appointment of his succcsssor. Ho roamed
about the lobbiesyf tho grand opera and the
French commedy like a person lost in the
woods. He went to Stockholm and fell dead
of apoplexy a few days after his arrival. His
letters of recall wero his death warrent.
Have j-ou never heard the vulgar remark |
that tho builder cf a house dids almost i
as soon as tho house is completed? The j
observation has somo foundation in truth, but
the cause of the effect is not '•luck," it is this
very inability of the aged mind to react against
old habits lost. Men rarely build houses until
they have amassed something like indepen
dence of fortune: in other words, they are gen
erally in tho afternoon of life, and they build
tho houso. for a harbor from the cares of busi
ness, whore thoy may twirl their thumbs and
'•enjoy life" by oppressing themselves with
idleness. As long as the houso is building, jdl
goes well, they dont miss tho absent shop or
counting room. There is the bricklayer to he
scolded and tho carpenter to be overlooked,
and discussions to be held with tho architect,
and . money to be paid out; in fine, there is
something to think about, something to worry
over; something to fret about; it is the old
round of life in minaturc if you will, but still
it is the old round which has been paced for
forty years. But when tho house is complete,
when the last coat, of paint has dried, last chip
has been removed, and last bit of mortar ta
ken away; when the owner has nothing to do
but to cmjoy his fine house and his affluent, for
tune, then comes tho vacuum, nothing to do.—
Tho old man finds pears have not changed liis
mind as much as they have changed his body,
and the toy tired the old man even sooner than
it tired the child. There is no correlation bc-
I tweon building a house and death, but there is
| a close connection between age and change of
I life.— Spiridion,
—Agassiz made a drawing of a fish from a j
single scale, and afterward, when the fish was j
found, the drawing proved to be a very good j
likeness.
—An Irish jingle-driver, in Dublin, mado a j
very happy and characteristic reply the other .
day. A gentleman had replied to Pat's " Want '
ajingle, sir?" by saying, " No; I apa able to !
walk;" "May your honor long be'able, but sel
dom willing."
—A Western paper publishes the follow
ing: "We knew an old man who bclioved that,
what was to be, would be.' Ho lived in a
gion infested by savage Indians. He always
took his gun with him when going' into the
woods; but this time ho found that some of his
family had taken it. As ho would not go with
out it, his frionds tantalized him by saying that
there was no danger of the Indians; that ho
would not die till his time came, anyhow.
—"Yes yes!' said the did fellow; 'hut suppose
I was to meet ati Indian, and his time had come,
it wouldn't, do not to have thy gun!" .
HAGERSTOWN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, J862.
. | USEFUL AND INTERESTING.
s . . — °-
t Chapped Rands.
This is an annoyance in winter-time; whih
5 to keep them soft ami white is sometimes verj
r desirable—to do this, wash the hands not mow
r than once or twice a day, and always in watei
' a little warm, using the finest, purest white
soap. Rinse them well, so that the soap shall
1 be entirely removed, then wipe them wilh a
; j soft, dry towel closing the operation by rtlJ
bing the liftids with one another very freely
until there is a feeling of comfortable softness
in them.
At bed-time, especially of the coldest days,
a few drops of sweet-oil should be most thor
oughly rubbed with one hand into the other.
If coal must be handled, or fires made or re
plenished, do not go near the fire until a pair
of gloves, lined with some soft material are put
on.
The Baltimore and Ohio ltalroad.
It lias been ascertained from parties coming
tluougli on foot from Marlinsburg aud vicini
ty to Harper's Ferry, over the line of the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad, that the damage
done the road has been fur greater than was |
anticipated. The facts arc, that the rond for |
twepty-five miles in length has been almost I
entirely destroyed. The destruction common- !
ces three miles west of Harpers Ferry, and I
extends to a point about ten miles west of j
aWlliikVwhere the road approaches the !
that patt of the road named, ims-*..,.. Along I
with all the cross ties and sills, and.tlm fixtures j
of every description, have been taken up, I
burned, or carried off and broken in such a
manner as to lie unfit for use. A number of
bridges have been totally destroyed. At Mar
tinsburg (which has always bean one of flic
principal stations for the cxcliango of engines,
and wlicrc largo repair shops and other build
ings were located; great damage has been done.
These buildings, together with the agent's and |
master mechanic's dwellings, a passenger di- j
nine- hotel, alarge ticket office and storehouse; j
other improvements incidental to the working J
of a large road, haveali been totally destroyed, j
Several miles of side tracks, with numerous in- j
1 tcrsectiiig switches, were also removed and the |
material burned—the wooden parts entirely
and the iron parts so bent or otherwise distor
ted as to be useless. In many places along
the road the iron rail after being heated wer
twisted around the trunks of trees or liung |
over fences 011 the roadside.
Throughout the entire distance where the j
road has been destroyed the telegraph, wires I
I and poles have been cut down and removed. I
In short, the railroad and its telegraph, with j
all its water stations, appliances and couveni- !
encc, will have to be entirely rebuilt, except so j
far as the grading is concerned, which is said
to bo disturbed only Where,the bridges have I
been blown up f,r burned. The company have
not yet recovered the section of the road dam
aged, and the Federal troops have not yet oc
cupied the territory through which the road
| runs, west of Harper's Ferry, and until such
occupation is made in such force as to promise
i permanency, the company, it is asserted, will
j not at tempt to restore the road. Tuc amount
I of material requisite for the reconstruction of
| the road is almost incredible, more
! in these times of scarce .labor and material.
Wellington's Strategy.
* —a— .
On a certain occasion during Wellington's
campaign on the Pyrennese, that "Great Cap
tain" being displeased with the dispositions
General Picton had made for receiving the as
sault of Marshal Soult, who menaced him in
front, ordered the plan to he entirely changed.
But the difficulty was to delay the attack of the
French until tho change could he effected.—
This the "Iron Duke" accomplished in person
in the following manner. Duffing his cocked
hat and waving it in tho air, ho rode furiously
to tho head of n regiment, as if about to order n
charge. Thereupon arose a trcmcndcous cheer
from the men, which was taken up by corps
after, until it reverberated along tho whole ex
tent of I'ietou's lino. As tho roar died away,
Wellington was heard to remark, musingly, as
if addressing himself—"Soult is a skillful but
cautions commander, and will not attack in
force until he has ascertained the moaning of
these cheers. This wilLgivo time for tire sixth
division to come up and we snail beat him."—
It turned out as lie anticipated. Moult., natu
rally enough, supposed these tremendous shouts
announced the arrival of large reinforcements,
and did not attack until too late. Ilad he struck
at the right moment he would havo won an ea
sy victory; as it was, ho met with a hloody
repulse. This was strategy. Not the strate
gy of books, but the strategy of genius, engen
dered and executed in the same moment.
INFLUENCE OF NEWSPAPERS. —Daniel Web
ster said: "Small is the sunt that is required to
patronize a'uowspaper and amply repaid is its
patron, I caro not how humble and unpreten
ding tlic gazette lie takes. It is next to im
possible to fill a sheet without putting into it
something that is worthy the subscription price.
Every parent whose son is away from home at
school, should supply him with a newspaper.
I well remember what a marked dmereuctf
there "Was between those who had uot. Other
things being equal; tho first was always supe
rior to the last in debate, composition and gen
eral intelligence."'
STONEWALL JACKSON ADAfINIS
TERS THE SACRAMENT.
I On the morning of a recent battle near Har
per's Ferry, after a serman by one of his chap-
I, lains, Stonewall Jackson, who, by the way is
| an elder in the Presbyterian church, admin'is-
I tercd the sacrament to the church members in
| his army. He invited all Christians to partdci
| pto i n this ceremony' A Baptist, the straigh
, test of his sect, thoroughly imbued with the idea
b- f close tornnwmfah, -was seen to hesiuio; bnt
the occasion, and the man who presided over
came his scruples and thus it has happened that
the prospect of a tight and the eloquence of
Jatkson made a Baptist forget that baptism is
the door into the church.—ln all Jackson's
amy an oath is rarely uttered. A religious
enthusiasm pervades it which makes every man
a hrro. In this incident we have an explana
tion of Gen. Jackson's invincibility, and we
are thus enabled to understand why his men
arc all heroes, and why they c-nduro without a
murmur the severest hardships "to which any
troops have been subjected during the war.
When peace is restored, it will be honor enough ,
for any man to say ."I belonged to the army of
Stonewall Jackson."
Joe Parsons, of Baltimore. '
A Correspondent of the Boston Transcript
relates the following story:
.Toe enlisted in the Ist Maryland Regiment,
and was plainly a "rough" originally. As we
cd.alouff the hall we first saw him, crou
"l m a tmm m... .
and observing the broad bandage over"isk
eyes, I said:
"What's yoiff name, my good' fellow?"
• "Joe, sir," lie answered—".Toe Parsons."
"And what is the matter with you?"
"Blind, sir—blind as a bat."
"In battle?"
"Yes—at Antietam. Both eyes shot out at
! one clip."
I Poor Joe was in tho front, at Antietam
! Creek, and a Millie ball bad passed directly
I .no-J_ s pig eves, across bis face, destroving
las sight torevei*.
I old; but lie was as happy as a lark!
I <7t. Is On avl Ail,' I s.ii.X.
'l,m very thankful I'm alive, sir. It might
ha' been worse yer see," he continued. Atnl
then lie told us his story.
'I was hit,' he said, 'and it knocked mo
down. I lay there all night, and next day
the fight was renewed. I could stand the
pain, yer see, hut the halls was flying' all
around, and I wanted to get away. I cuddii't
sec uothin', though. So T waited and listened;
and at. last I heard a feller groanin' beyond 1
mo. 'Hello!' says I. 'Hello yourself,' says lie. j
'Who be. yer?' says I—'a rebel?' 'Yoiu'e a Yan- j
kee' says he. 'So 1 am,' says I; 'what'ts the mat- j
tor with you?' 'My leg's smashed'says he,' Can't
vftr walk?' '2so.' 'Can yer see?' '.Yes.' —
'Well,'says I, 'your'c a d—<l rebel, hut will
you do me a little favor?' 'I will, says lie, *cf.
I ken.' Then I says, 'Well, o!e butternut, 1
can't see notbin. My eyes is knocked out,
but 1 ken walk. Ccnnc over yer. Let's get
out of this. You p'int the way, an'd I'll tote
yer off the field on my hack.' 'Bully for you,'-
says he. And so we managed to get together.
We shook hands on it. I took a wink outon
his canteen, and ho got on to my shoulders.
I did the walkiu' for both, and he did the nav
igatin'. An' cf he didn't make mc carry him
straight into a rebel colonel's tent, a mile away,
I'm a liar! Ilows'evcr, the Colonel came up,
an' says lig, 'Wliar d'yer come from? Wbo
bo yar? I told him. He said I was doue for,
| and couldn't do no more shoot'n; an' he sent
Imo over to our lines. So, after three days, I
I came down bore with the wounded boys,
I where we're doin* pretty well, all things con
sidered.'
'But you will never see the light again, my
| poor fellow," I suggested, sympathetically,
j 'That's so,' ho answered, glibly; "but I can't
j help it, yoU notice. _ I did my dooty—got
i shot, pop in the eye—an' that's my misfort n,
I not my fault—as the ole man said of his blind
• boss. But
'l'm a bold soldier boy!'
: lie continued, cheerily renewing his song; and
jwo left him in his singular merriment. Toor,
i sightless, unlucky, but stout-hearted Joe Far
j sons.
LET lIIM GO.
When you've lost a lover, let him go.— j
Never try to stay his departure, nor .to get him
back. Love that can servo you so, was never
worth the having. It was an insult and an
imposture from the first. I)e thankful to be
rid of it at last. No doubt 'tis a hard and
bitter thing to suffer as you mnxt from woun
ded confidence and affection ; "but it is not
half so hard and Utter to suffer because you
have lout that man, as it would bo to endure
the hating of him. .Is toon at,you can gain
your own content to give him tp entirely, and
to loolc hit m'artnett fairly in thefgee, you will
be free and happy again, which you never
could be had you become his wife.
—The Aurora Uorealis is a phenomenon of
j Nature concerning which but little is lffibwn,
| except that it produces puturbatious in tho
! magnetic needle, and in the workings of tho
f telegraphs.
i- j Another Better from Ex-President Bu
chanan—Reply to Bt. Gen. Scott.
Ex-President Buchanan has published a let
ter in Lt. Gen. Scott's, in rejation to
s tne early history of the war. He sets out by
stating that he has already furnished clear and
i distinct responsos to all the allegations of Gen.
Scott; and in his (Scott's) rejoinder ho lias not
■ called in question any of his (Buchanan's)
i statements, with a single exception. This has
■ refffence to the gurrlsftontng ryt CHuU.--.
forts, and Mr Buchanan adduces many addit
ional facts and figures in support of the decla
rations made in his original letter, and to
which General Scott responded.
We have room only for the following ex
tracts from the ex- President's second letter.
It will he seen that they meet certain new al
legations made by General Scott :
"I should have nothing more to add had
General Scott, in liis rejoinder, confined him
self to the topics embraced in his original let
ter. He has extended thorn, and now for the
| first, time, and in a sarcastic and 110 kindly
I spirit, refers to tlio alleged stealing of public
arms by Secretary Floyd, and their transpor
tation to the South, in anticipation of the re
bellion. The most conclusive answer to this
allegation is that, notwithstanding the boast
ing of Mr. Floyd at Richmond, evidently
with the view of conciliation liis new allies
cited by the General as his authority, no pub
lic arms were, even stolen. The fact is estab
lished by the report of the committee on mil
itary affairs of the House of Representatives.
re J llo ' made by Mr. Stanton, of Ohio :
the reports of convhiiffftisWk-iiL February, 1
session of 1860-01. This report and the tes
timony before the committee establish.
"1. That the Southern States received .in
j 18C0 less instead of more than the quota of
arms to which they were entitled by law ;
and that three of them—North Carolina, Mis
sissippi and Kentucky—received no arms
| whatever, and this simply because tlicy did
j not ask for thorn. Well may Mr. Stanton
j have said in the House "that there are a good
I '"-1 /r rumors and suneulatious and misappro
licnsion as to ine xroc . 1 * a
to tliie nrnltor."
'% Secretary Floyd, under suspicious cir
cumstances, on the 22d of December, 1860,
and but a few days before lie left the Depart
ment, had, without the knowledge of the
President, ordered one hundred and thirteen
(113) columbiads. and eleven (ill thirty-two
pounders to be transported from Pittsburg to
•Ship Isfiind and Galveston, in Mississippi and
Texas. This fact was brought to the knowl
edge of the President by a comnunication
from Pittsburg, and Secretary Holt immedi
ately thereafter countermanded the order of
his predecessor and the cannon were never
sent. The promptitude with which we acted
elicited a voto of thanks, dated on the 4th of
January, 1801, from the select and common
councils of that city "to the President, the At
torney General, and the acting Secretary of
War,'. (Mr. Holt)
"After this statement, how shall we nc
count for the explicit declaration of General
Scott that, 'accidentally hearing early in March
that under this posthumous order (that of
Mr. Floyd of the 22d of December) the ship
ment of these guns had commenced, I com
municated the fact to Secretary Holt, (acting
for Secretary Cameron.) just in time to defeat
the mldiery V" And this is the same Secreta
ry Holt who had countermanded the posthu
mous order, in the previous December.' And,
strange to say. these guns, but for the alleged
interposition of General Scott, were about to
be sent so late as March from the loyal States
; into those over which Jefferson Davis had then
for some tiryc presided f
"Hod General Scott Tcfiocled for a moment
lie could not have fallen into this blunder.—
It is quite manifest lio was 'without a printed
document and my (his) own official papers.'
'B. The government had on Land in the
year 18GU about 500,000 old muskets, which
I had been condemned 'as unsuitable for public
i service,' under the act of 3d of March, 1825.
They were of such a character th'at, although
offered both at public and private safP for
50 each, purchasers could not be obtained at
that rate, except for a comparatively small
number. On the 30tlr of November, 1859.
Secretary Floyd ordered about one fifth of the
whole number (105,000) to be sent from the
Springfield armory where they had accumu
lated, t> five Southern arsenals, 'in* proportion
to their respective means of proper storage.'—
This order was carried into effect by the Ord
nance Bureau ih tlic usual course of* adminis
tration and without reference to tl>? President.
It is but justice to say that from t]he testimony
before the committee there is no reason to sus
pect that Secretary Floyu iesucd this order
from any sinister motive. Its date was
months before Mr. Lincoln's nomination for
the Presidency, and nearly a year before his
election, and whilst the Secretary was still on
avowed opponent of secession. Indeed, t. e
testimony of Colonel Craig and Captain May -
nadier,of the orduauce, before the committee,
is wholly inconsistent with any evil intention
on his part.
"And yet tlieeo 'condemned muskets,' with
a few thousand ancient rifles of a callibrethen
no longer used, arc transformed by Gen. Scott
into '115,000 extra muskets and rif.es, with
alt their implements and ammunition ' This
NUMBER 6.
TWO DOLLARS A YEAR,
is the first time I havo heard—certainly thero
was nothing of the kind before the committee
—that ammunition was sent with these con
demned nnd inferior arms to the'r places of
storage—just as though they had been intend
ed not for sale but for immediate use in the
field. The truth is, that it is impossible to
Steal arms and transport them from one de
pository to another without the knowledge and
active participation of the officers of the Ord
nance Bureau, both in *nd at
mrtt aepusroiuw.'t
FROM THE BEAT OP WAR
Army Operations in Virginia.
OFFCTTS CROSS ROADS, Montgomery Coun
ty, Md., Nov. 25. —This morning, at daylight,
a bodyof rebel cavalry, said to bo sixty strong,
entered I'oolesville, seized Messrs. Cherry and
Savgeant (the government telegraph operators
stationed there) in bed, paroled them and per
mitted them to telegraph their mishap to
Washington.
We have not yet learned what damage they
have done, or where they crossed the river.—
We think, however, at White's Ford. Their
number must have been.so small that they
managed to slip over, unpcrccivod by our
guard, in tbc night's darkness. Their bold
ness has caused much excitement in this
neighborhood.
FURTHER CONCERNING THE REBEL
RAID AT I'OOLESVILLE.
OFFCTT'S CROSS ROADS, KG V. 2C.—Tho
parties making tho impudent raid on Pooles
ville yesterday morning tvere forty-fivo or fifty
Marylandcrs, principally belonging to tbis
"nce-wi—''---Gst'cil the river not long since,
They did ng other dainngirtnsjv vi—
ly reported, but spent the few hours they dar
ed remain in Maryland with their families and
friends.
FROM FREDERICKSBURG.
The Star of the 25tli says :
The signs are that the rebels design making
serious resistance to our crossing tho Rappa
hannock at Fredericksburg. A mile from tho
river there they have a fine ridge for defense,
rapidly as~pdssß>(e"witfr W 60
that it is not Burnside's purpose to attempt the
crossing just there, owing to these improvised
defenses. However, there is no sign that a
serious collision will come oft' there for somo
days yef, we hear.
FROM WAIIRENTON JUNCTION.'
FAIRFAX STATION, NOV. 25.— LJilor Star
—I hear from a refugee who came byway of
Warrenton Junction that the rebels are lurk
ing in ''the pines,'' northwest of the Junction,
in considerable numbers, and fliat they proba
bly design to gobble up our picket guards in
that vicinity, audmay haVe other mischievous
ends in view. They are concealed in precise
ly the same dense growth of pines used by
them as a cover prior to their descent upon
Pope's baggage train.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 25. —The NcwTork
Herald contains a dispatch dated Harper's
Ferry, yesterday, giving intelligence from
Stonewall Jackson's Headifhartora, which were
at Berryvilie on Saturday. His force was
30,000 strong, and included sixty guns. On
Friday afternoon Jackson received the follow
ing telegram from JeffDavis: "If you don't
leave the valley at once and come help us de
fend Richmond, it will not be worth your while
to come to its defense at all." Jackson's reply
is not known, but his forces were not in motion
on Saturday morning.
The Times hits a special dispatch from
Gen. Sigel's headquarters, dated yesterday,
saying: "Such information has been received
at these headquarters this afternoon, as leaves
no further doubt that that entire portion of
Virginia has been abandoned by the rebel
troops. Some of White's guerillas are roam
ing about Lcosburg and the vicinity, but Jack
j sou has gone to Richmond!"
CONVERSATION.
Conversation is most pleasing when it i 3
carried on in an easy tone without letting the
mind feel irksome from lethargy, or a distrac
tion fiom violent emotions. This is the kind
of conversation that gives iaost pleasure to
people of fashion, and even to scholars
men of profound learing. Dr. Johnson used
always to like the conversation of his fashion
able friend, Topham Boa- c rc, because he
talked with an apparent insensibility—with
an affectation of perpetual calmness. This
Johnson called carrying on • a conversation
without effort. He preferred a calm monoto
nous talker to a violent emphatical one.
AST A friend of ours, who had taken pride
for several years in cultivating a full crop of
v.oir on bis face, was called away cn business
some time since. While absent an experienc
ed aarbcr spoiled his whiskers in trimming
them, which so chagrinned him that he direc
ted the barbor to make a clean job of it by
shaving whiskere and moustache both off.—
The barber obeyed, and our friend's face was
as smooth aDd as delicate as whon in hi 9 toens.
He returned home in the night. Next mor
ning hia little girl did not recognize him on
waking up. Looking over her mother and
seeing as she supposed a stranger in the bed,
she remarked in her childish simplicity, 'Mis-
I tor get out of here ; I'll tell my Pa when be
I comes home.'